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  • Lagos kits enforcement officers

    The Lagos State Government has branded enforcement officers from its Ministry of Youth and Social Development with brown and grey uniforms.

    This, the government said, is for easy identification and detection of individuals impersonating to be officers of the state government.

    Commissioner for Youth and Social Development Agboola Dabiri said Child Protection and School Support Services enforcement officers will be identified by the uniform.

    According to him, anyone claiming to be an enforcement officer without the uniform will be handed over to law enforcement authorities.

    He explained that the uniforms were designed in a dynamic fashion to suit officers in disposition of their duties.

    “There are times when enforcement officers might need to go to places or people in distress which colourful dresses would not signal a sense of compassion to people around such circumstance of life,” he said.

    Dabiri said government will be collaborating with agencies of similar vision of the ministry to eradicate menace of domestic violence and sexual related matters, while efforts will be intensified towards juvenile justice system.

    The Commissioner called on community associations and other agencies to help government identify locations where underage are being abused and locations where youths are engaging in drugs and other activities portraying vices to the society.

    On strategy to curb drug abuse and other vices, he said series of enlightenment programmes involving youths will be in place where they will be sensitised by popular actors, musicians and notable personalities in the entertainment industry.

    “There are some messages you want to pass to the youths that can only be passed across through what they enjoy listening to. So we want to use the entertainers as a medium to positively influence youths.  So we will call on actors actresses to come talk on certain topics, we are confident youths would listen to them,” he said.

  • Kits for indigent pupils

    Kits for indigent pupils

    Ponle Golden Lions Club, Ipaja, Lagos has shown commitment to improve living conditions of the indigent pupils and out-of-school children in the seedy Ipaja area of Lagos.

    Lion (Prince) Adeyemi Aderemi, revealed this after his official presentation to the public as the President of the Ponle Golden Club by the District Governor, Waheed Kadiri, at the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

    The colourful event was chaired by Senator Gbenga Kaka.

    The four-year-old Club, Aderemi said, would take improvement of the condition of school pupils in Ipaja seriously, even as he said that in the next one year, efforts would be made to complement the efforts of the state and local governments to improve education standard.

    According to him, education is a great asset. Helping people, especially the less-privileged, to have access to education is a worthwhile venture since government can’t do everything unassisted.

    “We intend to supply them with free uniforms, books and other learning materials.

    “We should accept it that government alone cannot be expected to cater for the education needs of people. Whatever individual or club can do to assist, is a good gesture. That is why our club has taken improvement of school in our area as its agenda during my tenure as President.

    “We are looking at out-of-school children, the less-privileged ones in public primary schools in Ipaja area. We have visited some of them, looked at their needs to see what we can do in order to address some of them.”

  • Lagos community gets kits for indigent pupils

    Ponle Golden Lions Club, Ipaja, Lagos has a vision for the indigent pupils and out-of-school children in the seedy Ipaja area of Lagos.

    Lion (Prince) Adeyemi Aderemi, revealed this after his official presentation to the public as the President of the Ponle Golden Club penultimate Saturday by the District Governor, Waheed Kadiri, at the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

    The colourful event was chaired by Senator Gbenga Kaka.

    The four-year-old Club, Aderemi said, would take improvement of the condition of school pupils in Ipaja seriously, even as he said that in the next one year, efforts would be made to complement the efforts of the state and local governments to improve education standard.

  • Lassa fever: NDDC donates drugs, kits to Cross River

    Lassa fever: NDDC donates drugs, kits to Cross River

    As part of efforts to check the spread of Lassa fever in the country, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated drugs worth millions of naira as well as other personal protection equipment (PPE) to the Cross River State Ministry of Health.

    The delivery of the items taken at the Ministry of Health and Essential Drug Stores was made on behalf of the acting NDDC Managing Director, Mrs Ibim Semenitari by the State Director, Mr Alexander Okenwa, to the Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health Calabar, Dr Ogban Ikpoti.

    Okenwa said, “We are very proactive in all modus operandi because we try to give people in the Niger Delta region the very best, we don’t want to be reactive in responding to any health issue whether endemic or otherwise and this is why we are carrying out this gesture.

    “We have donated the consignment so that the hospitals can be well prepared to handle any incident of Lassa Fever professionally and efficiently too.”

    Okenwa said though no incident has been recorded in the state, there was need to fully equip and prepare the health workers.

    He said Lassa Fever has killed over 80 people in 18 states of the Federation.

    Director of Medical Services, Dr Ogban Ikpoti said it was very important for the health workers to protect themselves before caring for others.

    Ikpoti said, “With this donation we now have the means to protect caregivers and health workers in our various hospitals with NDDC gesture they can now do their work no matter the nature of the disease they have to deal with.”

  • Lagos launches rape kits

    In line with the mandate of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Primary Health Care Board at the weekend launched the Sexual Assault Standing Order and Sexual Assault Evidence Examination Kit, also known as rape kits.

    Coordinator of the DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi said the launch was done at a training session for Health workers of Primary Health Care Centres.

    She listed the five pilot centres to include Ogudu, Ita-elewa in Ikorodu, Ajilete in Ifako-Ijaiye, Palm Avenue in Mushin and Oshodi in Oshodi-Isolo.

    She said the selection of the pilot PHC’s was methodically done as statistic reveals that sexual and gender based assault related crimes are most prevalent in these areas. These centres render 24 hours service, laboratory, HIV Counselling and Testing, and Maternal and Child Health Services.

    According to her: “the Rape Kits contain the necessary instruments used for evidence gathering and examination some of which include microscope slides, saline water, swabs for collecting fluids from delicate body parts like the lips, cheeks, thighs, private parts.

    “The Kit also includes materials for blood samples, comb, paper sheets for evidence collection such as clothing fibres and hairs, nail pick for scraping debris from beneath the nails, gloves. The documentation forms which include the consent form and Patient History/ Sexual Assault History are also in the rape kit.

    Mrs. Vivour-Adeniyi said the Lagos State Sexual Assault Standing Order, the first of its kind in Nigeria, was produced to guide the provision of health care services as well as set the minimum acceptable standards for the provision of quality health care to the survivors of sexual assault.

    She expressed optimism that The Standing Order will equip healthcare providers with tools to facilitate examination, treatment and management of sexual assault patients.

    “The output of this training in terms of knowledge shared with the workers will ultimately facilitate examination and management of patients after sexual assault, and also improve the quality and documentation of evidence collection.

    “The protocol response to be adopted is now clearly enumerated, some of which include taking the survivor/patient to a designated area, getting the informed consent of the survivor to have the examination, obtaining the medical history, and then proceeding to collect the different samples necessary for forensic examination and testing.

    The Training was organised by the Lagos DSVRT with technical support from United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and FHI 360.

  • Emirates unveils kits for passengers

    Emirates unveils kits for passengers

    Emirates has launched a new set of amenity kits for its first and business class passengers .

    The bags have been designed in collaboration with luxury Italian brand,Bvlgari, and are already available onboard all flights. The Emirates  private collection by Bvlgari for first class  passengers will have eight designs for men and women.

    The Emirates indulgences  by Bvlgari for business class passengers  will feature another eight designs for both men and women.

    The set of 16 designer kit bags will be refreshed every nine months, giving frequent travellers something new to look forward to on their flights.

    Speaking on the new product, divisional senior Vice President service delivery , Ted Daly said:  “We’re pleased to be able to bring even more options to our customers with the revamped kits. We put emphasis on the details of our products to match the comfort and luxury of travelling on Emirates”.

    Bvlgari and our team worked very closely on the designs to develop bags that were stylish without compromising on functionality.

    He said the  variations will be available on different sectors giving passengers travelling on connecting flights a chance to collect all four bags.

    The new kits feature designs for men and women  was inspired by Bvlgari’s latest collection.

    The men’s First Class bags are made of leather for a premium feel while the ladies’ bags for both first and business class passengers  come in a satin finish.

    The new amenity kits in premium cabins are among the first of several product updates being planned.

    As part of its commitment to continuous product development and an exceptional travel experience, Emirates will also be launching a new collection of amenity kits for economy class passengers in the coming months.

     

     

     

  • Lagos-based boxing club proprietor begs for kits

    The Head Coach, Sunny Clay Boxing Club of Lagos, Sunday Nwamuda, on Thursday appealed to corporate organisations and philanthropists to donate kits to the upcoming boxers of the club.

    Nwamuda made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He said that insufficient kits were a major challenge affecting the boxers during training in the club affiliated to the Lagos State Boxing Association.

    Nwamuda said the few available ones were not enough to go round the number of young boxers, describing the kits as fundamental for training and protection of boxers.

    “We have some but the number of athletes are increasing by the day and that has prompted us to make the appeal for more kits. Sometimes the boxers will have to wait for others to finish training before they can make use of the kits,’’ he said.

    The coach listed the kits as head guard, gloves, knee protector, tooth guard and tummy guard and identified them as basic requirements for the sport.

    Nwamuda said the club holds quarterly competitions for boxers, noting that none of the competitions had been organised since the beginning of the year due to a lack of support.

    According to him, such support can come in form of funds, corporate gift items, scholarships and stationeries.

    “These items are to encourage the athletes so that they can be more committed to developing their talents,’’ he said.

    He said that the last competition organised by the club was held in September 2014, adding that it created the avenue for the discovery of budding talents.

  • Ekiti distributes protective kits

    The Ekiti State government has distributed personal protective kits to all specialist and general hospitals.

    Items distributed to the three state specialist hospitals and 17 general hospitals include recyclable overalls, disposable overalls, respiration masks, aprons and rubber gloves.

    Others are examination gloves, boot covers, sodium hypochante and safety goggles.

    The Permanent Secretary, Hospital Management Board, Kolawole Aina, reiterated the government’s commitment to health care delivery.

    He urged health workers to use the items well, urging them to be positive in order to achieve efficiency and effectiveness.

  • Eagles get new kits

    Eagles get new kits

    Top Nigeria officials are in Europe to approve a new set of kits the Eagles will wear at next year’s AFCON.

    President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari, and the chairman of the technical Committee, Chris Green, will meet with Eagles’ kit sponsors adidas on a totally new set of kits for the national team.

    “The federation would love to use a totally new design of jersey for AFCON and they have gone to discuss it,” a top official informed MTNFootball.com

    “The kit sponsors already have designs on ground and all they have to do is to see the one that’s suitable and the one that will best portray Nigeria very well.”

    The top officials are expected back in the country on Saturday.